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The Ankler’s Natalie Jarvey reports that newsletter growth is slowing industry-wide, with Taylor Lorenz saying newsletters are “cooked” after losing a third of her paid subscribers in recent months.
The Ankler’s Natalie Jarvey reports that Spotify’s new Memberships feature went live yesterday in the U.S. and more than two dozen other countries, letting podcasters sell monthly or annual subscriptions for bonus episodes, ad-free listening and other perks directly through the app.
Oct 22The Ankler’s Natalie Jarvey reports that Whalar Group co-CEO Neil Waller is deploying fresh capital after selling Whalar to Accenture Song in a deal widely speculated at more than five hundred million dollars.
Oct 15The Ankler’s Natalie Jarvey reports Disney CMO Asad Ayaz is expanding creator partnerships beyond marketing activations into development and programming, following the company’s costly Maker Studios experiment and its sponsorship of the Created in LA conference.
Oct 8The Ankler’s Natalie Jarvey reports that Why Files host A.J. Gentile filed a California Labor Commissioner complaint against Night Media, alleging the unlicensed management firm violated the Talent Agencies Act and owes him $743,988 in commission from one year of repping him.
Oct 1The Ankler’s Natalie Jarvey reports that Jake Paul’s venture firm Anti Fund, co-founded with Geoff Woo in 2021, now manages more than $180 million and holds stakes in OpenAI, Anduril, The Boring Company and Polymarket, among more than three dozen other companies.
Sep 23The Ankler’s Natalie Jarvey reports that Hannah Berner and Paige DeSorbo signed a new multi-year deal with SiriusXM for their podcast Giggly Squad. Three suitors competed for the show, with offers reaching $150 million before SiriusXM won out, per The Ankler’s reporting.
Sep 18The Ankler’s Natalie Jarvey reports that Disney is about a year into a podcast push for Hulu and Disney+ and is now in active dealmaking mode, sources tell The Ankler, with several new shows expected to land in coming weeks.
Sep 17The Ankler’s Natalie Jarvey reports that Fox Creator Studios has co-produced season two of Read the Room, a sketch series creator Josh Richards financed himself in 2024.
Sep 10The Ankler’s Natalie Jarvey reports that Jeremy Zimmer, who stepped down as UTA’s CEO in March 2025 after nearly five decades in the agency business, now co-hosts a live career-advice talk show on Twitch called 877unmplyd.
Sep 3The Ankler’s Natalie Jarvey reports that YouTube is offering roughly 15 top creators exclusivity packages from low seven figures to $10 million, built to keep their videos off Netflix as it courts creators like Rhett & Link and the Stokes Twins.
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